Kurs
Patristic Exegesis
The course offers an in-depth study of biblical interpretation in patristic times. The student learns to account for differences and similarities in primary sources, to analyze them in light of their historical contexts and functions ,and to identify the questions the material aims to answer. The course also provides theoretical tools for understanding the patristic endeavor in terms of modern hermeneutics as well as philological and literary critical methods. In addition to classical patristic sources, the student is provided with examples relating to women, the use of the bible in genres such as hagiography (i.e. rewritings), and the medieval reception of patristic texts in various Orthodox Christian languages.
At the end of the course, the student is expected to be able to:
Knowledge and understanding:
– Describe major hermeneutical theories in a thorough manner
Competence and skills:
– Idependently illustrate different interpretational stategies in patristic soures with concrete examples
– Independently employ theories and methods on a selected material
Judgement and apporach
– evaluate implications of the choice of theories and methods in scholarly approaches to the bible
– argue for an interpretation in relation to the function, genre, or audience of a text
Reservation för revidering av litteraturen.
Harvey, Susan Ashbrook. Song and Memory: Biblical Women in Syriac Tradition. Marquette University Press, 2010 (92 pages)
Hill, Robert C. Reading the Old Testament in Antioch. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature 2010 [originally published: Leiden: Brill, 2005] (201 pages).
Young, Francis. Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007 [1997] (299 pages).
Scholarly Articles and excerpts: 300 pages (provided by the teacher), including:
1. John Behr (ed. and trans) Origen, On First Principles, A Reader’s Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020 (ca 50 pages)
2. Ingvild Saelid Gilhus, “Hermeneutics” The Routledge Handobok of Reserach Methods in the Study of Religion (2014), pp 275-282
3. Gabor Buzasi. 2021. “Julian the Apostate as a Biblical Literalist,” in Reinhart Ceulemans and Barbara Crostini (eds), Reception of the Bible in Byzantium (2021), pp 41-62
4. Susan Gillingham, “Jewish and Christian Approaches to Suffering in the Reception of Psalm 137,” OTE 32/2 (2019): 444-463.
5. Brennan Breed. 2015. “What Can a Text Do? Reception History as an Ethology of the Biblical Text,” in England, Emma & William, John Lyon (eds.). Reception History and Biblical Studies, Theory and Practice. Bloomsbury: T&T Clark.
Primary sources: 100 pages (provided by the teacher)
Kurslitteraturen reviderades senast 19 december 2024.
Schemat finns tillgängligt senast en månad innan kursen startar. Vi rekommenderar inte att du skriver ut schemat eftersom vissa ändringar kan ske.
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A = Framstående, B = Mycket bra, C = Bra, D = Tillfredsställande, E = Tillräcklig, Fx = Otillräcklig, komplettering möjlig, F = OtillräckligExaminationsformer
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60 credits in Theology, including 30 credits from introductory courses, there among Biblical Studies 7,5 hp, Patristic Studies: Theories and Methods 7.5 hp, Interpretation, Theory and Method with Paper 7.5 hp, and on the intermediate level The Gospels and the Letters of Paul 7,5 hp, and Sacred Texts of Eastern Christianity 7,5 hp; or equivalent.
Fastställd av Ämnesföreträdarkollegiet vid Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm den 11 mars 2022.
Senast reviderad den 19 december 2024.